Geography 2050A/B Lecture Notes - Bordeaux Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
19 Mar 2014
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It is very much how europeans identify themselves. When you think of italians and french people, you will automatically associate them with food and wine. Winemaking ingrained in culture, geography, and history of europe. Traditionally, wine in the beginning of middle ages were made by monks in the. When christianity came to europe: (pic) ruined monastery monastery. There are still monasteries in europe that still produce wine today. Winemaking begins with phoenicians and greeks who colonized the mediterranean. Cultivation of grapes needed climate that is not too harsh (cold) In the middle ages, the benedictines cultivated the finest vineyards in europe. Comic opera about how monks produce the wine and drink the wine and they get drunk. Within the monasteries tools and techniques, and grape varieties were developed. Each wine is made with different variety of grapes. Shows wine production in middle ages and castles.
